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Successful Education Startup Faces Challenges as Founders Straddle Three Continents
Thomas Ketchell hopes to transform America’s education system through a simple digital platform. The Belgian native is the CEO and co-founder of HSTRY, a tool that allows students and educators to create free interactive timelines—similar to those on Facebook or Twitter—documenting historical events. Ketchell first came up with the concept… Read More
Ancestry.Com’s Immigration Policy And Lack of High-Skilled American Workers Is Hurting The Company
A revolutionary new DNA product experience at Ancestry.com, a $2.6-billion business, would not have been possible without the contributions of Yong Wang, a senior data scientist, who came to the United States on a visa for extraordinary researchers. Wang’s specialized skill set helped create a product that connects people in more than 30 countries… Read More
Indiana’s Primary: Immigrants in the Hoosier State
The 2016 primaries are rapidly nearing a close, and today the votes are being held in Indiana. There are 57 Republican delegates and 83 Democratic delegates to be awarded, and they can be critical wins for any candidate to secure nomination. Indiana’s immigrant population growth was relatively slow… Read More
As Immigration Process Crawls, Many Bright Workers Leave the Country, Says Immigrant Tech Worker
Shri Balachandran, a technology specialist in Plano Texas, knows that America’s strength depends on its ability to recruit and retain international talent. “In technology, roughly two of every three people on the technical side and the senior business side of things are usually immigrants,” he says. “The trend is very… Read More
Visionary Indian Entrepreneur Has Created Thousands of Jobs for Americans
Ragy Thomas, founder and CEO of the social media platform Sprinklr, believes that a welcoming, streamlined immigration policy is vital to the economic future of America. As a technology entrepreneur, investor, and visionary, who has founded four startups and created thousands of jobs, Thomas’ own story reveals how drawing global… Read More
Today’s NY Primary: How Immigrants are Contributing in the Empire State
After rigorous campaigning in the Empire State, the presidential hopefuls watch as New Yorkers head to the polls today to vote in the state’s primary election. Clinton, Sanders, and Trump certainly hope to reign victorious on their home turf, especially since New York has the potential to award a large… Read More
Meet the Chinese Researcher Who Helped Wisconsin Ward Off Swine Flu Pandemic
Jie He, an infectious disease researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is no stranger to accomplishment. In 2006, He, a Chinese native, immigrated to the United States to do a postdoctoral fellowship in infectious disease. After years of making headway researching viruses that cause respiratory tract infections in the… Read More
Engineer Bears Witness to the U.S. Losing Many Talented STEM Workers Because of Immigration Policy
According to Jack O’Toole, the founder of a Dartmouth College-based company called FreshAir Sensor LLC, much of the product’s success is owed to Kwame Ohene-Adu, a Ghanaian immigrant. Ohene-Adu, came to the United States for college and earned two Dartmouth degrees in just five years: a bachelor’s degree in engineering… Read More
Cleveland Clinic, Bolstered by Immigrant Healthcare Professionals, Gets a Top Specialist Once Rejected for his ‘Foreign’ Last Name
Even as one of America’s most accomplished physicians — a man considered an international leader in the field of pediatric pulmonary medicine — Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte has sometimes been stigmatized for his immigrant status. Years ago, for example, after he’d been offered a dual executive-professorial position at a prestigious… Read More
This Venezuelan-Born Chemical Engineer Explains Why Immigration Reform Could Help Cure Cancer
There’s one central reason that Agustin Lopez Marquez, a chemical engineer, was able to pioneer what Scientific American has called a “world changing” idea: The United States let him in. “In Venezuela, chemical engineers are often constrained to the energy industry,” he says. “It was only when I… Read More
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